President Trump’s triumphant Rose Garden ceremony announcing his withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement sent a message loud and clear to his supporters: Promise kept. But the move also served as a clarion call to angry Democrats, potentially complicating the political path for Republicans facing tough midterm challenges and, ultimately, […] Read more »
Public Opinion and Trump’s Decision on the Paris Agreement
President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the strongly negative reaction by some groups regarding that decision are focused mainly on trade-offs and questions about the data used in evaluating those trade-offs. … As seen from Trump’s announcement and the […] Read more »
Why are Republicans getting so little done? Because their agenda is deeply unpopular.
Every new president tries to claim a mandate for his agenda, that because he won the election that means the public supports everything he wants to do. But ask yourself this: Is there anything — anything — on the agenda of the Trump administration and the Republicans in Congress that […] Read more »
Was Trump’s Paris Exit Good Politics?
Was President Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris agreement on climate change — which was condemned by Democrats and even by some former senior Republican officials and key world leaders — at least good politics for him? Perhaps. The move could help Trump reinforce his support among […] Read more »
With withdrawal from Paris accord, Trump keeps focus squarely on his most devoted supporters
When President Trump announced the withdrawal of the United States from the Paris climate accord, he cast the decision as being in the best interests of coal miners and other working-class Americans whose support helped sweep him into office. … The announcement on climate change Thursday was just the latest […] Read more »
In Rejecting Popular Paris Accord, Trump Bets on His Base
By a ratio of more than five to one, Americans in one recent poll said the United States should participate in the Paris climate change agreement that President Trump pulled out of on Thursday. Even a majority of Republicans agreed. But in Mr. Trump’s calculation, withdrawing from the accord will […] Read more »